Phonograph cabinet



E. E. HUTSHING. PHONOGRAPH CABINET. AEPu'cATloN flu-:U MAY lo. 1920.

1,426,568, Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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EDWIN n. Hursiarive, or sniimriin, WASHINGTON.

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Application flied may 1o,

To all who/m, it may concer/n, f

Be it known that L'Enwin E. Hufrsi-iiive, a citizenot the UnitedStatesV ot inierica, and resident ofthe city county of King andv State ot TWashington have invented certain new and useful mprovements in phonograph Cabinets, ot which thejlollowing is a :s pecitication.`

My invention consists ot a phonograph cabinet which better adapts yit to the holding of the records so as to maire them easily and quickly accessible. I

One object of myV invention is to promote accessibility ot the records and ease in tiling and removing phonograph records. A

Another object is to provide a convenient arrangement of the motor; shai't-7 turntable and horn within the/same cabinet.

yElummed up, my general .object is to produce a phonograph and cabinet so arranged that the record-storing space is readily accessible, and so that the `records therein'are -both conveniently and compactlystored.

The features ot my invention which l consider` new, will be rs described and that which l consider novel and upon which I desire to obtain patent will then be particularly dened by the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention in the form of construction which I prefer to employ.

Figure 1 is a .vertical section talren trom iront to' rear through the center of 'the cabinet. l

Figure 2 is a half plan view and a halt section taken through the central plane voi" the lower record containers.

Figure 3 is anenlarged view of one ot the containers and their supporting ring.l

Figure e is a modified torni or' the supporting arm. f

My device is provided with va suitable cabinet as 1, which may, in the main, be of any suitable construction. The front side of the cabinet has a door or doors 2, which give access to its'interior wherein is contained the recordstoring means.

I have provided a sleeve 3 which is located centrally with respect to the cabinet and which is secured'in position in any suitablei manner7 as by flanges 30 which are The said sleeve has a. number of rotatable disks 31 having holes 33 distributed adjacent their edges and so spaced as to receive the downwardly bent ends of horizontal outwardly ot Seattle.` in the Specification of Letters latent. VPQQHQ@ tuo-. 1922;

192e. .sel-lai No. estesa record holders Sil". t Thefdislrs Utype "and split at the end so as ytroftormA flange-s on arms and fastened-`tliereon in any suitable manner; l ward stop tortheenvelope fftandzrecord'l therein.

l l prefer to use envelopes made'ot a heavy 32 vare preterablyof all type,`

i extending' arms 32,*carried by individual? y i may be, held in position bycoll'ars which are 'se-' paper lor cardboard, :and cut away the ceny ter '37 oneach sideot the" envelope7 so that the reading matter on the central'fportion ofthe record a, may bel easily read without pullingl the record out. l vhave cut away another portion 38 of my envelope 34 so as to. conveniently remove the record 4. f

lt is desired to form a stop39 at the lower front or outward portion of the envelope Beby. securing the two edges to'- gether, by gumming" them together, or by using Aa strip ot any suitable material about the two outer sides ot said envelope sothat the record et cannot rollin an outward direction when the door 2 is opened or when the envelope is rotated.` A `motor 6 is secured on the bottom side ot the shelf 11 so that the drive shaft 7' will occupy a central'vertical positionin the.y sleeve 3. The shatt 7 is connected to the The up- Y motor 6 injany suitable manner. per end ot the shaft 7 is connected with ,a turntable 8. v y

A` stop 81 is provided'whichis of atype Well known in phonographs. A speed regulator is indicated, this being controlledby a sha-tt 82 having'a controlling arm-83 anda rod 8a connected with the motor.

The tone-arm 9 may be made of such a construction asV to allow the horn 91 to connect with it at the position shown in" i Figures 1 and 2. Thesection 91 of the horn is located'at a corner of the cabinet so as to not interfere with the turning of the record holding device and `passes through shelves 10 and-11 to the ampliiyinghorn 92 which is located at the bottom ofthe cabinet v between' the shelves 11 kand 12. The ampliier horn is made in anysuitable manner so long at-it substantially clears the motor 6.

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I desire to Wind my motor from the usual location and in so doing l; lengthen my Winding shaft 6l to the outer casing landi mount a sprocket 62 on the said shaft. Another sprocket 63 mounted at the desired height and a suitable chain Gil connects the tivo sprockets. A suitable Winding arm 65 is connected to the upper sprocket 63. Suitable bearings are used to secure the said parts together. f

Figure 4l shows a modiiication in the construction of'my supporting arms 82. may desire to use rods 32 of a suitable size and strength and placed in a similar manner as arms 32.

l desire holes punched in my envelope 3a sothat the said` envelope may be slid on the rods 82 and secured thereon in any suitable manner.

Itvmay be seen from the above description that l have provided a phonograph cabinet wherein the record-storing space being` positioned above the motor and amplifying horn, 1s up Where it iseasily accessible to the user, Without the necessity for stooping. All records are quickly accessible, and the titles may be read Without removing the records from the envelopes.

inner ends thereof, a vertical channeled.

brace rigidly secured to each of said arms adjacent its inner end', the channels in. saidA arms and brace being alined, and all facing the space included between the arms and brace, and an envelope received in said channels, and having its opening along the vertical side opposite said brace and' having means to preventa record' rolling therefrom. v

Signed at Seattle, l/Vasliington *thisy 1st day of May 1920;

EDWIN E. Huren-ING. 

